Friday, August 1, 2014

'Aksante Baba Mtakatifu, narudi nyumbani'

Meriam Ibrahim holds her daughter Maya in her arms as she leaves Rome for Philadelphia

The
Christian mother who was put on death row in Sudan for refusing to
convert to Islam is finally on her way to a new life in the United
States.

Meriam
Ibrahim, who was imprisoned for apostasy after refusing to renounce her
Christian faith, left Rome this morning on a flight bound for
Philadelphia, according to the campaigner who secured her release.

The
mother-of-two, accompanied by husband Daniel, a U.S. citizen, and
children Martin and Maya will then change planes to fly to New
Hampshire, according to Antonella Napoli, director of Italians for
Darfur.

The family of four are planning to start afresh in America in Manchester, the hometown of Daniel’s brother, Gabriel Wani.

They spent the previous week in Rome after being spirited out of Sudan in the dead of night on an Italian state aircraft.